AUTHOR=Holman Ryan , Lorton Orane , Guillemin Pauline C. , Desgranges Stéphane , Contino-Pépin Christiane , Salomir Rares 

TITLE=Perfluorocarbon Emulsion Contrast Agents: A Mini Review

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Chemistry

VOLUME=9

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/chemistry/articles/10.3389/fchem.2021.810029

DOI=10.3389/fchem.2021.810029

ISSN=2296-2646

ABSTRACT=<p>Perfluorocarbon emulsions offer a variety of applications in medical imaging. The substances can be useful for most radiological imaging modalities; including, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasonography, computed tomography, and positron emission tomography. Recently, the substance has gained much interest for theranostics, with both imaging and therapeutic potential. As MRI sequences improve and more widespread access to <sup>19</sup>F-MRI coils become available, perfluorocarbon emulsions have great potential for new commercial imaging agents, due to high fluorine content and previous regulatory approval as antihypoxants and blood substitutes. This mini review aims to discuss the chemistry and physics of these contrast agents, in addition to highlighting some of the past, recent, and potential applications.</p>